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W. S. BROWN.

atented Feb. 15; 1.881.

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WILLIAM S. BROWN, OF MIAMI, MISSOURI.

PORTABLE GRAIN-BIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 237,724, dated February 15, 1881.

Application filed March 30, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WM. S. BROWN, of Miami, Missouri, have invented anew and useful Portable Grain-Bin, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to secure the grain-crop in the field, which is now subject to frequent and large loss or damage from rain-storms. As the bin is put up in sections and is of very simple construction, it may be easily hauled upon a wagon wherever wanted, and set up for use in a very few minutes. Thus by the aid of an elevator the grain is run direct-lyinto the bin from the thrasher or sheller, where it is just as secure from waste or damage as if it were in a barn. Grain is at present handled in sacks, at great expense and subject at all times to loss in various ways, while this bin furnishes not only a much more secure and convenient means of handling grain, but at the same time a much cheaper one.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are representations of the several sections of the bin partly unadjusted. Fig. 4 is an end section, showing the use of slides for fastening the ends and sides securely together.

The bottom of the bin is in two sections, A A B B, each three and one-half feet wide and sixteen feet long, built on three joists two by six inches, and floored with inch lumber.

Spaces are left in the floor every thirty inches x to receive the planks a a, which project on each side to receive the ends of the side battens, b b, by which the sides are fastened to the bottom. These projecting planks are eight and one-half feet long, and may be separated from every other part. The sides may also be secured to the bottom by iron fastenings. In that case the two sections of the bottom will be secured to each other in a similar manner to sustain the side pressure, or the sides may be held in place by iron rods laid on the floor and projected sufficiently to receive the ends of the side battens, as above described. Each (No model.)

side of the bin also is in two sections, 0 O D D, each three and one-half by sixteen feet, made of inch lumber, battened every thirty inches, more or less, in such a manner as to furnish the means of securing them to each other and to thebottom. The pressure against the sides is sustained by looped iron rods 0 c, dropped on the top of the projecting battens crosswise.

The ends E E may be built in sections, or solid, as preferred; but the solid end is suffieiently convenient for handling and otherwise preferable. They are built of inch lumber, set upright and battened every twenty inches with substantial battens, and the bot tom stands in a groove on the floor, which holds it firmly in place. The ends of the bin are securely fastened to the sides in several ways, either by means of the cross-battens d d, Fig. 1, or of the slides e c, Fig. 2. 1

The weight of this bin is about one thousand pounds, and though it may be made of any size desired, the size seven by seven by sixteen feet is preferable, because its sections are the proper width and convenient length for hauling on common farm-wagons. The bin is intended to rest on cross-timbers laid on the ground, and is to be covered with canvas of proper size, tied down like a wagonsheet.

I claim- In a portable grain-bin, the bisected floor A B, having interstices in the flooring for the projecting ties a, and grooves for the ends E, in combination with the side sections, 0 D, having vertically-projecting battens for holding the same in position, and the ends E, provided with horizontal bolts or rods for securing the same and for supporting the upper sections of the sides, all substantially as described.

' WM. S. BROWN.

Witnesses:

W. A. MARSHALL, L. PULLIAM. 

